Resource Coordinator

The Department for Children & Families' Family Services Division Hartford Office is seeking a resource coordinator to join our team of dedicated staff in supporting children, families and communities. Our goal is to promote safety, permanency, wellbeing and law abidance for children in need. Your role as a resource coordinator would support district office assessment of foster care placement and respite resources and recruiting foster parents in response to local needs. Resource coordinators work with the family service worker to ensure relatives and natural supports are identified, assessed and appropriately supported as placement resources for children and youth. This role also provides foster care orientation and foundation training to all potential foster parents. In addition, this role:

• Provides on-going support for licensed foster parents through visits, telephone contacts and home contacts.
• Acts as district liaison to local foster parent association.
• Participates in the development of foster parent contracts including specification of work to be performed and establishment of rates of payment. May mediate disputes between foster parents and social workers.
• Ensures foster families respect the cultural, ethnic and spiritual values of the families we serve.
• Follows the Diligent Recruitment (DR) process for recruiting, retaining, and supporting kin and foster families as well as tracking recruitment data.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree AND one (1) year of human services work or community resource development.

OR

One (1) year or more of graduate credits in a Master’s or Doctorate program related to social work, counseling, psychology, or public administration.

OR

Four (4) years of child welfare experience in the role of recruiting, training and retaining foster families.

Who May Apply

This position, Resource Coordinator (Job Requisition #49831), is open to all State employees and external applicants.
If you would like more information about this position, please contact kathy.hemenway@vermont.gov.
Resumes will not be accepted via e-mail.  You must apply online to be considered.
Please note that multiple positions in the same work location may be filled from this job posting.

AHS BACKGROUND CHECKS:  Candidates must pass any level of background investigation applicable to the position.  In accordance with AHS Policy 4.02, Hiring Standards, Vermont and/or national criminal record checks, as well as DMV and adult and child abuse registry checks, as appropriate to the position under recruitment, will be conducted on candidates, with the exception of those who are current classified state employees seeking transfer, promotion or demotion into an AHS classified position or are persons exercising re-employment (RIF) rights.